[ColdWater]

So where do the 8.3 minutes and 2.1° fit in?

I guess it is back to the basics to relieve you from your confused state. It takes about 8.3 seconds for the light to travel from the sun to earth. In that 8.3 seconds the earth rotates approximately 2.1 degrees.

[Fichori]

“So where do the 8.3 minutes and 2.1° fit in?”

“I guess it is back to the basics to relieve you from your confused state. It takes about 8.3 seconds for the light to travel from the sun to earth. In that 8.3 seconds the earth rotates approximately 2.1 degrees.”

(Did you mean 8.3 minutes?)

And in 12 hours, the Earth rotates 180°

Are you saying there is a 2.1° separation between the Suns apparent position and its gravitational pull?

Can you back that up with a reputable source?

[Elsie]

It takes about 8.3 seconds for the light to travel from the sun to earth.

Not so:

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The Earth rotates...

360         Degrees per day,
24          Hours per day,
1440        Minutes per day,
86400       Seconds per day,
0.004166667 Degrees/second.

In 8.3 seconds it takes sunlight to get here, the Earth rotates 0.034583333 Degrees.
for a total of 2.075 Minutes OF ARC